Arsenal legend Ian Wright has admitted he is 'jealous' of Tottenham after Spurs' win over Real Madrid at Wembley on Wednesday evening.

Mauricio Pochettino's side were too good for the back-to-back European champions, with two goals from Dele Alli and a Christian Eriksen strike giving them a 3-1 victory.

The Gunners are not playing Champions League football this term after their fifth-placed finish in the Premier League last season, and they host Red Star at the Emirates in the Europa League this evening.

Wright admits he has been 'afraid' of Tottenham's emergence, and that it is 'frightening' from an Arsenal perspective to see their meteoric rise.

Spurs ran riot at Wembley (Image: Action Images via Reuters)

Alli struck twice against Real Madrid (Image: AFP)

"I have always been afraid of the Tottenham emergence because it has been coming," he told BBC Radio 5Live.

"Since Pochettino got there it has been steadily rising and rising and the only thing you feel is going to hold them back, is will Daniel Levy pay the players the kind of money that is going to keep them there?

"That is all it is going to come down to. This is a great manager with great, young, ambitious players.

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"They are not fly by night players, they look like the real deal. The result against Real Madrid, they hammered them and it's a team that still has a lot more to give.

"As an Arsenal man, it is a frightening prospect seeing their progression, it really is. Jealousy does come into it."